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We’ve added the ability to create video collages! You can now import any video from your photo library and add it to any frame, in any collage. Video, anywhere!

We also created a brand new layout collection — “Animated” — that includes a couple of dynamic layouts that let you create beautiful slideshow animations from either photos and/or video. They each come with unique customizations that’ll you be sure to enjoy. Tap “Animated” on the layout screen to see what’s up.

You can also add music to any of your video/animated diptics to jazz up your own mini video clips.

All for FREE with Diptic! We have a small watermark that’s added to the new video outputs only and can be easily removed with a nominal in-app purchase.

We also have dusted up some of the app’s crawlspaces… things should be a tiny bit spiffier.

Please reach out to us at support@dipticapp.com if you run into anything funky. Oh and if you have any suggestions for the new video features or anything else you’d like to see, we’d love to hear from you!

Our latest update takes advantage of the new iOS 8 photo extensions and allows you to use Diptic directly in the Photos app. With this unique feature you can make a two-frame Diptic, which has your original photo in one frame and a pinned map of where you took the photo in the second frame.

We thought this simple feature would be a fun way to try out the new photo extensions and provide a new feature that’s a little different. You can think of it like a digital postcard – a new way to document and share where you took your pictures.

If this sounds like fun, here’s how you use the new feature.

How to Enable the Feature:

Select a photo in your Photos app and tap “Edit”

Tap the “More” Button on the top left corner and then tap More in the menu.

Turn Diptic to ON and tap Done. Now the fun can start!

Tap Diptic to generate a two-frame Diptic.

Add and Move a Pin

If the picture wasn’t taken with your device, you can manually drop a pin on the map. To do this, tap and hold on the part of the map where you want the pin and one will appear after a few seconds.

To move a pin, tap and hold the pin until it “pops up,” and then move it to the desired location.

How to Swap the Photo and the Map

If you want a square Diptic, tap the Square button on the bottom right corner. If you change your mind, tap the Natural button.

Create a Square Diptic

If you want a square (rather than rectangle) Diptic, tap the Square button on the bottom right corner. If you change your mind about making it square, tap the Natural button.

When you save a Square image, we add some extra padding on the edges of the image so that the map and image preserve their original aspect ratio while allowing you to share an image that is perfectly 1:1.

About Saving Images

The iOS 8 photo extensions feature allows for apps to save their adjustments on top of the original image, which prevents duplication. This greatly improves Photos organization on iOS and allows for all apps to access edited images. This also means that when Diptic applies an edit to the image, you will see this saved image in place of your original image. Note: This does not overwrite your original image file — these adjustments are non-destructive.

Revert Your Changes

If you would like to revert any changes you have made, tap the "Edit" button on the edited image. In the image editor on the bottom right corner, you should see a Revert button. Tap this button to restore the original image.

Now we want to hear from you.

What do you think of this new feature and/or photo extensions in general?

Today we released an update for Diptic for iPhone and iPad. This update takes advantage of new iOS 8 features and includes several enhancements. Here’s what you’ll see in the update:

Diptic is now optimized for iOS 8

Diptic now pulls in the edited version of photos that were edited in the Photos app. (Diptic previously imported the unedited version, so we’re pretty excited about this update.)

Diptic now uses the iOS 8 Share Sheet, which provides a more streamlined, user-friendly way to share your collages. It also includes all available apps on your phone in addition to our existing sharing features.

You can use Diptic directly in your Photos app to create a two-frame collage. One frame shows the original photo and the other frame has a pinned map of where you took the photo. We'll share more on this in its own blog post tomorrow.

Improved brightness, contrast, color and saturation sliders

Bug fixes and performance improvements

A note on the previous blog post regarding the Camera Roll:

This update corrects the iOS 8 issue for Diptic where the app was no longer able to access all your photos. All of your photos can now be accessed in the album 'All Photos' (as opposed to Camera Roll).

Diptic PDQ & Diptic Video updates that include fixes for this issue are still awaiting approval from Apple. Apple released (and then pulled) iOS 8.0.1 which fixed the issue at an OS level (iOS 8.0 prevents apps from accessing all their photos). This will likely be fixed in 8.0.2 when released. Our apps' updates also fix this issue independently and should be out soon.

Diptic for Mac

Diptic is also available as a Mac desktop application! Pick one of 56 layouts, and then select up to six photos from your computer or the Internet (Facebook, Flickr, etc.) to quickly create interesting photo collages to post on your blog, document special events, or share with friends and family. Diptic is a great quick-action app, and you’ll be creating collages within minutes of downloading it.